Yama-no-uta

Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.269 with colour photo; English translation p.189. Small to medium size, vermilion, tubular to bowl shaped single, cylindrical stamen cluster. Flowers mid-season to very late. Leaves elliptic, medium size, waved. Upright, vigorous growth, dense branches. Selected from wild japonicas in Kinosaki Town, Hyōgo Prefecture. Named and released by Minoru Satō in 1968.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.269.　【花】朱紅色の一重、筒〜椀咲き、筒 しべ、小〜中輪、3〜5月。【葉】楕 円、中形、やや波曲。【樹】立性、強い、 小枝も密生。【来歴】兵庫県城崎の ヤブツバキから選抜。1968年に佐藤 稔の命名•発表。写•文/佐藤。